225963 – eix-sync doesn't accepts documented flag -F

Bug 225963 - eix-sync doesn't accepts documented flag -F

Summary: eix-sync doesn't accepts documented flag -F

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal
Assignee:	Stefan Schweizer (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2008-06-11 20:15 UTC by Michael Dubner
Modified:	2008-06-25 19:36 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Support -F option in eix-sync (01_all_eixsync_Fopt.patch,1.06 KB, patch) 2008-06-11 20:16 UTC, Michael Dubner	Details \| Diff
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Description Michael Dubner 2008-06-11 20:15:40 UTC

1. Option -F defined in manual as common option but eix-sync does't supports it.
2. This option especially useful exactly in this utility - for mailing colored output from cron job.

Patch attached.

Comment 1 Michael Dubner 2008-06-11 20:16:35 UTC

Created attachment 156405 [details, diff]
Support -F option in eix-sync

Comment 2 Martin Väth 2008-06-14 18:32:57 UTC

The option -F is listed under "common options for eix, diff-eix, update-eix"
which is correct.
For usage from a cron job you can export FORCE_USECOLORS=true.
In eix svn trunk (>=eix-0.12.6) you can also put a line "!!export ..." into
/etc/eix-sync.conf to force such things.

Comment 3 Martin Väth 2008-06-25 19:36:46 UTC

Since eix-0.13.0 with the '!!' feature in /etc/eix-sync.conf is now in the
tree, I mark the bug as fixed (grep the manpage for FORCE_USECOLORS).